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  1. Bug #165052
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 165052

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Oleksij Rempel (olerem) wrote :

- hardware of r8169 is broken and ( linux/windows ) driver can't do any thing about it.
- ubuntu should hard connect mac with interface, so 00:1A:4D:##:##:## = eth0 and FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF = eth1, _see_ /etc/iftab

> Perhaps anybody can give more hints to following points:
> 1. Is there a command to restore the original MAC address of a r8169 interface card?
> 2. Should the original MAC address not be set back on system startup by the interface itself?
1. yes, ip l set eth0 addr 04:44:44:44:44:04
2. no. this is hardware problem and only complete power off can help.